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we hear a lot of that from elizabeth warren. here she is is back and doing the same thing. >> she is asking what everybody is asking. every day we have scandals with the banks and there seems to being some kind of a double-standard especially when we hear somebody from the justice department saying they worry about weakening the banks or being too big to fail give somebody immunity? sandra: rightly so, our financial institutions are very important and essential to the success of this country. we don't want to overregulate banks. we don't want to overrestrict them to the point where they can't be successful. i think the concern that you do hear, i don't think everybody is asking are we tough enough on the banks. the concern is are we being too tough? >> well, i don't think so, not in every way. there is one way which we're being completely lenient on the bank and that is the way most businesses in the economy have to face up to which is who bears the losses when you lose? the banks are available to borrow at subsidized rates and
we hear a lot of that from elizabeth warren. here she is is back and doing the same thing. >> she is asking what everybody is asking. every day we have scandals with the banks and there seems to being some kind of a double-standard especially when we hear somebody from the justice department saying they worry about weakening the banks or being too big to fail give somebody immunity? sandra: rightly so, our financial institutions are very important and essential to the success of this...
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stuart: that's interesting, that's elizabeth warren, a lot to do with financial regulation, she's now a senator from massachusetts and she's-- i think that's a populous approach to take. >> and thinking that it's a conservative, true conservaaive first principles of capitalism approach. interesting coming out of senator warren. she's essentially saying that the bankers are too big to jail and also too big to manage and too big to fail and she doesn't like that and she's saying possibly, what i'm reading into what she's saying, bankruptcy should have been the course for breaking up the banks when they start today collapse in 2008. break them up and make them for productive down the road. >> i think though that that message, jail a bank executive or two was maybe popular. i'm saying it's a populous approach and that may be politically popular whether they've broken the law or not is a different story, this this is politics and i say it's popular. >> now what, it was very difficult to jail any of these bankers because there was an account be fraud that was very difficult to prove because
stuart: that's interesting, that's elizabeth warren, a lot to do with financial regulation, she's now a senator from massachusetts and she's-- i think that's a populous approach to take. >> and thinking that it's a conservative, true conservaaive first principles of capitalism approach. interesting coming out of senator warren. she's essentially saying that the bankers are too big to jail and also too big to manage and too big to fail and she doesn't like that and she's saying possibly,...
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. >> elizabeth warren doesn't appear to be softening attack on big banks. what is wall street reaction going to be to this? neil, why don't you start in this is your neck of the woods as well as kayla's. >> i think this is a bigger sort of trend going on here. i think both parties are seeing that there is some traction they can get. this is a populous view. an anger in the country that bankers have gotten off too easily. and also a real legitimate policy question when you look at the fact that very often these sort of agreements that bankers have had have allowed them to pay a relative small portion of what they have actually earned from doing things that it turns out are either illegal or are against rules and regulations. so the question is, are you in this way encouraging bad behavior and resit vows behavior? >> kayla, we shouldn't be surprised, she is playing to mainstream more than ever before. >> when she got elected last year, wall street knew she would come out guns blazing. yesterday was that materializing. in most case the federal government has f
. >> elizabeth warren doesn't appear to be softening attack on big banks. what is wall street reaction going to be to this? neil, why don't you start in this is your neck of the woods as well as kayla's. >> i think this is a bigger sort of trend going on here. i think both parties are seeing that there is some traction they can get. this is a populous view. an anger in the country that bankers have gotten off too easily. and also a real legitimate policy question when you look at...
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it would be like if we started hearing elizabeth warren talk about repeeling dodd frank. for scott it really reflects the seriousness of his own political peril going into the 2014 cycle. unlike other republican governors, like scott walker, chris christie who did unpopular stuff at the beginning of their terms, but then saw their numbers recover, scott has been stuck in the pits and is struggling to get away from the image of himself as a cold very sort of draconian conservative governor. >> he is now joining a group that includes jan brewer in arizona, brian sandoval and martinez in new mexico, and kasic in ohio. this is a pretty powerful group of republican, you know, stars in their party who are now going along with the president's signature initiative. >> it is. when you look at the governors who have sort of dug in on rejecting the medicaid expansion, we're talking about states like texas, mississippi, alabama, south carolina. there's also wisconsin. mostly we're talking about states that just are not particularly politically competitive. it is kind of -- democrats
it would be like if we started hearing elizabeth warren talk about repeeling dodd frank. for scott it really reflects the seriousness of his own political peril going into the 2014 cycle. unlike other republican governors, like scott walker, chris christie who did unpopular stuff at the beginning of their terms, but then saw their numbers recover, scott has been stuck in the pits and is struggling to get away from the image of himself as a cold very sort of draconian conservative governor....
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. >> elizabeth warren has prudent cuts. but the kind of cuts, we should be cutting subsidies to big oil. >> totally agree. >> big pharma. we should be increasing "robin hood" financial speculation taxes on the corporations. we should be closing loopholes and deducts for the very rich. the frame of our debate in this country is not a reality-based discussion. as michael grunwald said, you look across the ocean, the bleeding, the generational loss as spain suffers 26% unemployment. and in our country is similar. >> this is exactly what boehner is going for right now. they don't want -- they've said taxes are off the table or increased rev noous are off the table, no matter where you go to get them that is a heck of a place to be considering that you got kicked in the election. >> if we do have these cuts go into effect after the first of the month, there is going to be a really rude awakening for the republicans. >> yeah, i think so too. >> that will move from an abstraction to this is what these crazy -- >> pay the price pol
. >> elizabeth warren has prudent cuts. but the kind of cuts, we should be cutting subsidies to big oil. >> totally agree. >> big pharma. we should be increasing "robin hood" financial speculation taxes on the corporations. we should be closing loopholes and deducts for the very rich. the frame of our debate in this country is not a reality-based discussion. as michael grunwald said, you look across the ocean, the bleeding, the generational loss as spain suffers 26%...
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warren, lost his seat, turns out he is not running, we know that because he said that in this text message, because that is what he is like. also, former massachusetts governor bill weld is not running, possibly because of his own previous memoryies on the rn for the senate seat, that was followed by bill weld running for governor again in a different state, he ran for governor in new york after he lost the massachusetts senate race and lost the governor's race, as well. bill weld, also not running this time, and scott brown, not running, tag romney, one of the romney sons. the boston herald floated that idea after the father lost, tag will not be running, and neither will be a gay republican former state legislator who lost to state race this year, and neither will be mitt romney's lieutenant governor who lost the role for governor herself, after mitt romney left to run after a decade. also, fox news, he said he was going to run, now he is not, even though that might have been amazing. . psychic twins, dr. keith will not be the next republican senator from massachusetts. he had said that
warren, lost his seat, turns out he is not running, we know that because he said that in this text message, because that is what he is like. also, former massachusetts governor bill weld is not running, possibly because of his own previous memoryies on the rn for the senate seat, that was followed by bill weld running for governor again in a different state, he ran for governor in new york after he lost the massachusetts senate race and lost the governor's race, as well. bill weld, also not...
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not heard the last of elizabeth warren. >> says her biggest supporter. >> we have not heard the last. as you said in the aig thing, issues she cares so passionately about, she will be out there, and we'll see what happens. >> and how does that make you feel, steve? why don't you share with the group? >> i will tell you that it makes every banker on wall street quake in their boots. >> makes them nervous. hey, jane, it is important for new members, especially new members that come in with a high profile, to keep their head down on the hill, right? >> i agree. al franken did that. ted cruz hasn't gotten the memo. >> no, he hasn't. >> i think it's very smart of her. she's got enormous brain power and popularity. and she should use it judiciously. freshmen silence has a good ring to it. and those who practice it, i think, get a lot farther. >> steve, you're just going to have to pay attention to local boston media to keep tabs on your friend, elizabeth warren. >> i think it will get beyond local boston media before this is over. >> mike allen with a look at the playbook, thanks so much.
not heard the last of elizabeth warren. >> says her biggest supporter. >> we have not heard the last. as you said in the aig thing, issues she cares so passionately about, she will be out there, and we'll see what happens. >> and how does that make you feel, steve? why don't you share with the group? >> i will tell you that it makes every banker on wall street quake in their boots. >> makes them nervous. hey, jane, it is important for new members, especially new...
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warren, is that a positive for you or not >> banks are going to trade less over the time. banks with low interest rates are making a bundle. your deposit, my deposits are in the bank with no interest rate. that's good for the banks. what you'll see these traders going to hedge funds. other kind of firms. you know, they are going to do business. high frequency trading firms, these kind of firms will do better and better and better and you're going see volumes maybe be a little more democratic, big banks do great and make great money. but i think the democratic nature of trading will spread it all out and that's going great for business. >> you had some comments recently on the fiscal cliff on the way congress is appearing to settle into a new way of doing work, leaping from crisis to crisis spapt big risk? >> it's got to be. the world is different today. you got the republicans in the house and those republicans were elected to control the house the same day that president obama was elected to control the white house. and they are going to cross their arms and they are not
warren, is that a positive for you or not >> banks are going to trade less over the time. banks with low interest rates are making a bundle. your deposit, my deposits are in the bank with no interest rate. that's good for the banks. what you'll see these traders going to hedge funds. other kind of firms. you know, they are going to do business. high frequency trading firms, these kind of firms will do better and better and better and you're going see volumes maybe be a little more...
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and the left, sherrod brown, elizabeth warren, are also articulating what i would call populism. i would call it responsible, smart economics as finally confronting a problem that's brought us enormous damage. >> simon, before i let you go, i want to point out in the title of your book, "white house burning: our national debt and why it matters to you," it's a conversation we've been having a lot around this table, whether or not the debt matters today or sometime down the road in the future, and i think your question or your statement in that title is one that should be answered because i don't think most americans understand in the now, in the here, why debt matters to them. what's the short answer to that question for the average american, why they should be concerned or perhaps not concerned about the government debt? >> well, you should be concerned looking out 20 or 30 years. we bring the debt under control. and in our book, we make some, in our view, middle of the road responsible suggestions for doing that. you shouldn't be panicked. don't do things that damage the econom
and the left, sherrod brown, elizabeth warren, are also articulating what i would call populism. i would call it responsible, smart economics as finally confronting a problem that's brought us enormous damage. >> simon, before i let you go, i want to point out in the title of your book, "white house burning: our national debt and why it matters to you," it's a conversation we've been having a lot around this table, whether or not the debt matters today or sometime down the road...